Biography

Yabin Zhang received her Bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics from UCLA in 2015 and her PhD in Computational and Applied Math from Rice University in 2020.  In fall 2020, she joined the Mathematics Department at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor as a Postdoctoral Assistant Professor, during which she taught undergraduate and graduate math courses, mentored undergraduate research projects, and worked on research projects in both quantum computing and classical numerical methods for various applications.

Teaching Career

University of Michigan

• Winter 2022: Math 215 – Multivariable and Vector Calculus

• Fall 2021: Math 156 – Applied Honors Calculus II

• Winter 2021: Math 471 – Introduction to Numerical Methods

• Fall 2020: Math 115 – Calculus I

Outreach and Mentorship Activities

• Co-advisor for undergraduate research project on numerical interpolation and curve fitting in Winter 2022

Representative Publications

1. Y. Zhang, D. Gorsich, P. Jayakumar, and S. Veerapaneni, “Continuous-variable optimization with neural network quantum states“, Quantum Machine Intelligence.2022 

2. Y. Zhang and A. Gillman, “An alternative extended linear system for boundary value problems on locally perturbed geometries,” Journal of Computational Physics. 2021      

3. Y. Zhang and A. Gillman, “A fast direct solver for two-dimensional quasi-periodic multilayered media scattering problems,” BIT Numerical Mathematics. 2020

4. Y. Zhang and A. Gillman, “A fast direct solver for boundary value problems on locally perturbed geometries,” Journal of Computational Physics. 2018